Mom locked up for cheering at child's graduation
Shannon Cooper cheered as her daughter walked across the stage to get her diploma from South Florence High School Saturday night, but just minutes later, Shannon was handcuffed and arrested.
"Are ya'll serious? Are ya'll for real? I mean, that's what I'm thinking in my mind. I didn't say anything. I was just like OK, I can't fight the law. I can't argue with the police, but I'm like are you serious? I didn't do any more than the others did. Which I feel like no one should have went to jail," said Shannon.
Florence police charged Shannon with disorderly conduct.
She said officers walked her across the Florence Civic Center, where the graduation ceremony was being held, in full view of everyone, including her daughter, Iesha Cooper, 18.
"Humiliation. I don't even think humiliation could describe how I felt. You know, because I feel from just my feelings and then looking at my daughter how she felt, I could take you know you know if I did something ,but like I said, yes they said you'll be escorted out no problem. I'll be escorted out. I'll go nicely because I'm gonna cheer. It was hard work. I went through so much to get her to this point you know," explained Shannon.
Her daughter, Iesha, said she didn't really know what was going on until friends told her her mother was being arrested.
"They're locking your momma up for cheering - and I was like that isn't right because other people was cheering and they didn't lock them up," said Iesha.
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=761693
I hope to the gods that there is more to the story than this...
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i wish we could set up a huge fund and get her the best lawyer possible so she could sue those effin cops.
they had no right to demand no cheering. then, wtf, she is arrested, and the others cheering are not?!!
thank you for posting that, Blue_Tires
Graduation arrest mom says she'll fight charges
by Tonya Brown
June 6, 2012
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=762804
Shannon Cooper can't believe all the attention her story is getting.
Monday, we reported she was arrested for disorderly conduct after cheering at her daughter's graduation from South Florence High School Saturday night.
Since then, our story has been shared by major TV news networks, as well as radio stations and bloggers across the country.
Cooper stands by her defense, saying she did cheer but wasn't disorderly. She plans to fight the charge at her trial June 13th. She said she's in the process of gathering witnesses to testify on her behalf.
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the rest of the article is crap, all defending the cops and school, but the fact that Shannon Cooper is fighting it is great! and the fact that people far and wide are shocked by it, is a big thing.
i read a quote yesterday - can not recall where, sorry - about all the ugly things one can say and defend as free speech, yet those cops think they can legitimately arrest someone for cheering for her daughter?!!
